last updated 18 February 2010

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The Willie Clancy Summer School Schedule

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This schedule includes all events of the 2010 Willie Clancy Summer School. At the bottom of the page is a chart showing all the céilithe for the week.

Saturday, 3rd July

2-6pm	Enrollment at the Community Hall, Miltown Malbay.
8pm	Oscailt Official Opening by Michael Falsey, traditional musician and singer.
8.30pm	Breandán Breathnach Memorial Lecture: The Traditional Arts and the National Economy by Philip King, musician, broadcaster and filmmaker. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Templehouse Céilí Band at the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Taylor's Cross Céilí Band at the Quilty Tavern, Quilty, €10, €5 for registered students.

Sunday, 4th July

10am	Aifreann I nGaeilige Mass in Irish at St Joseph's Church, Miltown Malbay.
3pm	Musical Tribute at Willie Clancy's grave, Ballard Cemetery, Ballard Road, Miltown Malbay (about half a mile out of Miltown). A moving tribute to the piper who inspired the Summer School, with music played by friends of the summer school.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Taylor's Cross Céilí Band at the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with Annaly Céilí Band at the Quilty Tavern, Quilty, €10, €5 for registered students.

Monday, 5th July

9.30am	Enrollment at class venues.
10am-1pm	Music classes Dance classes
2-3pm	Irish Gaelige and Scots Gaelic classes. National School, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
3pm	Lecture: The Music of Kerry: A Wider Landscape by Nicholas McAuliffe, musician and music tutor. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €6, free to registered students.
3-6pm	Two-hand dance workshop with Marie Garrity. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
8pm	Fiddle Recital with John Kelly, Brendan McGlinchey, Martin Hayes, Tommy Peoples, Ben Lennon, Connie Connell, Tony Linnane, Nicholas McAuliffe, Mick Conneely, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Oisín Mac Diarmada, Antóin MacGabhann, Joan Hanrahan, Anne Rynne, Siobhán Peoples, Liam O'Connor, Leah Kelly, David Doocey, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Máire O'Keeffe, Joe Rynne, Eamon McGivney, Vincent Griffin, Dermy Diamond, Áine O'Connell, John McEvoy, Darach O'Connor, Michael Kelleher, Tara Breen, Donal O'Connor, Jessie Smith, Kevin Glackin, Peadar Ó Lochlainn, Denis Liddy, Martin Dowling, Bernadette McCarthy, Gerry O'Connor, Matt Cranitch. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with Matt Cunningham Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.

Tuesday, 6th July

10am	Music classes Dance classes
2-3pm	Irish Gaelige and Scots Gaelic classes. National School, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
3pm	Seminar: A Tribute to the McPeake Family of Musicians and Singers, Belfast. Facilitator: Dr Fintan Vallely, musician, writer and lecturer at DIT Dundalk. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €6, free to registered students.
3-6pm	Two-hand dance workshop with Marie Garrity. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
8pm	Whistle and Flute Recital featuring Mary Bergin, Paul McGrattan, John Wynne, Conal Ó Gráda, Gary Hastings, Seán Potts, Anne Sheehy, Seán Ryan, Fintan Vallely, Mick Crehan, Brid O'Donohue, Billy Clifford, Mick Hand, Róisín Nic Dhonncha, Louise Mulcahy, Tara Diamond, Eamon Cotter, Mick O'Connor, Francis O'Connor, Marcas Ó Murchú, Kevin Crawford, Marion McCarthy, Maureen McGrattan, Eibhlín de Paor, Ciarán Somers, Adrian McCarron, Catherine McEvoy, Geraldine Cotter, Peter Phelan, Aoife Granville and Gavin Whelan. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Tulla Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.

Wednesday, 7th July

10am	Music classes Dance classes
2-3pm	Irish Gaelige and Scots Gaelic classes. National School, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
3pm	Lecture: Talamh an Éisc: A Harvest of Newfoundland Song and Music, by Dr Margaret Bennett, singer, scholar and writer. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €6, free to registered students.
3-6pm	Two-hand dance workshop with Marie Garrity. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
8pm	Piping Recital with Kevin Rowsome, Cormac Cannon, Donncha Dwyer, Pat Mitchell, Pádraig Keane, Nollaig Mac Cárthaigh, Sheila Friel and Tiarnán Ó Duinchinn. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Kilfenora Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.

Thursday, 8th July

10am	Music classes Dance classes
2pm	Lecture: Irish Traditional Singing in English: a personal view of habitual song performance in the English lanuguage in Ireland, past, present and future by Dr John Moulden, singer and scholar of traditional song. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €6, free to registered students.
2-3pm	Irish Gaelige and Scots Gaelic classes. National School, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
3-6pm	Céilí with the Brian Ború Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.
4pm	Accordion Recital presented by Joe Burke and Jackie Daly. Many well known accordion players will participate. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
8pm	An evening of Old Style Step, Sean Nós and and Traditional Set Dancing. Michael Tubridy will host the evening. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Tulla Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.

Friday, 9th July

10am-1pm	Music classes Dance classes
2-3pm	Irish Gaelige and Scots Gaelic classes. National School, Miltown Malbay, registered students only.
3pm	Traditional Singing in Irish and English with the following singers: Eoin Warner, Tommy McCarthy, John Lyons, Nell Ní Chróinín, Pól Ó Ceannabháin, Róisín White, Margaret Bennett, Gabriel McArdle, Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin and Séan Mac Craith. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
8pm	Concertina Recital with Noel Hill, Marty O'Keeffe, Lorraine O'Brien, Caitlín Nic Ghabhann, Mary Ellen Curtin, Timmy Collins, Edel Fox, Dympna O'Sullivan, Michelle Mulcahy, Hugh Healy, Claire Keville, Jack Talty, Jackie McCarthy, Katie O'Sullivan, Aoife Kelly. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay, €10, free to registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with Four Courts Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with Brian Ború Céilí Band at the Quilty Tavern, Quilty, €10, €5 for registered students.

Saturday, 10th July

10am-1pm	Music classes Dance classes
12-1pm	Dance class céilí in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay.
7-10.30pm	Ceolchoirm Mhór. Top Class Traditional Concert with Leading Traditional Artistes. The greatest assembly of Irish traditional musicians, singers and dancers to be found in one concert. Limited seating so buy your ticket as soon as you can. Community Hall, Miltown Malbay; tickets available from shops in Miltown Malbay.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Allow Céilí Band in the Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, €10, €5 for registered students.
9.30pm-1am	Céilí with the Four Courts Céilí Band at the Quilty Tavern, Quilty, €10, €5 for registered students.

Sunday, 11th July

10am	Aifreann i nGaeilige le Cór Chúil Aodha (Seán Ó Riada Mass with Coolea Choir), St Joseph's Church, Miltown Malbay.

Official Programme of Set Dance Céilithe for 2010